Obama climate program targeted for dismantling

Date: 2017-03-28
Entry type: policy-reversal
Current status: Executive Order 13783 was revoked in 2021; its reversal record remains historical.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Executive Order 13783 directed review and possible suspension, revision, or rescission of the Clean Power Plan and revoked multiple Obama climate actions.

Entities and roles

2017 Clean Power Plan review and reversal directiveclimate-policy reversal directive
Donald J. Trumporder issuer

Claims and evidence

factreversed
Executive Order 13783 directed EPA to review and, if appropriate, suspend, revise, or rescind the Clean Power Plan and revoked multiple Obama climate actions; President Biden revoked Executive Order 13783 on January 20, 2021.
- Office of the Federal Register: Executive Order 13990: Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate CrisisSection 7(a), 86 FR 7041-7042
- Office of the Federal Register: Executive Order 13783: Promoting Energy Independence and Economic GrowthSections 3-4, 82 FR 16094-16095